Cast answers questions about her research on religion for her House of Night books and how she decided to have her vampyres be Marked among other things. Fan Images of Vampyre Tattoos The Casts ran a contest for their fans to see who could create the coolest vampyre tattoos.
Here are the results. Parents Home Homeschool College Resources. Study Guide. Cast and Kristin Cast. Marked Introduction A book about a fancy boarding school for vampyres? Sign us up. In other words, hello drama. What's Up With the Ending? Setting What's Up With the Epigraph? Tired of ads? Join today and never see them again. How rude. I lined them with a smoky black shadow that had little sparkly flecks of silver in it. Not heavily like those loser girls who think that plastering on black eyeliner makes them look cool.
Yeah, right. They look like scary raccoons. LOL, okay. See you after class! At least the bathroom was close. If I had a case of raging nervous-stomach diarrhoea I wouldn't have to run far. That very last sentence really was not needed. They could have at least wrote, 'At least the bathroom was close in case of an immense emergency. Some turd boy told me to suck his cock. What was I supposed to do?
So instead I bitch-slapped him although I prefer just using the word smacked A blonde who sat on the other side of the room said, "The Amazons were heavily matriarchal, as are all vampyre societies. I'd just shoved my sociology book back in my cubbie okay, I know that Damien and Neferet called them cabinets , but come on -- they totally remind me of the cubbies we used to have in kindergarten I'm positive my mouth flopped open like a moron.
He was the most gorgeous young lad I had ever seen. Who even says that? What exactly are they? Baby corn? Midget corn? Mutant corn? There you are! Stevie Rae! You scared the poo out of me!
I dropped the book after that. I'm done. I refuse to finish this book. Everyone thinks Twilight is bad? Twilight doesn't have a damn thing on this crappy excuse of a book. The writing of this 'book' makes Twilight seem as though it was perfectly written okay, I'm over-exaggerating a tad bit, but it's still better than this.
At least I read through the whole book and that's saying something. Am I right, or am I right? I mean, really, the average user rating for this is 3. Just WOW. Let me also add that these authors think they've done an amazing job with sounding like teenagers View all 24 comments.
Lets get straight to the point here. This book was weird, disgusting and epic fail at the same time. Let me tell you the whole story in pictures.
Enjoy : I don't know why, but some of the pics are not coming, sorry for that! Once upon a time, there was this stupid, smart-ass girl named Zoey who was marked as a vamp y re. But don't worry my fellow readers! She was special And then she falls for this so-called Superman Eric.
Honestly speaking, hes a complete loser to me Meanwhile in the real world: She is adjusting so damn slowly, makes everyone want to die. They fought and bla bla bla boring scenes Circle, Circle, Wooooo! And guess what? Zoey wins! This book was: And I will give this book 1. View all 38 comments. Feb 09, Wendy Darling rated it did not like it Shelves: eye-bleeding , annoying-main-characters , pn-vampires , read , pn-witches , young-adult , adolescent-wish-fulfillment , boarding-school.
Hypersexed, boy-crazy, annoying teens. Plus some uninteresting supernatural stuff every once in awhile. For a series that involves so many teenagers having sex, these books sure aren't very sexy. View all 17 comments. Dec 21, Janvi added it. Not recommended - Slut shaming, and actual depictions of non-consensual sex present. View all 15 comments. Jun 07, Neeks rated it did not like it. About 5 years ago when I first read this series, I powered through them and while I recognised they were problematic, I still consider them a guilty pleasure the books are just so BAD and fun 1.
It's homophobic yes I know there's a gay character but the 'joke' at the beginning saying he isn't really a guy because of this is really really fucking bad , it has plenty of slut shamin About 5 years ago when I first read this series, I powered through them and while I recognised they were problematic, I still consider them a guilty pleasure the books are just so BAD and fun 1.
It's homophobic yes I know there's a gay character but the 'joke' at the beginning saying he isn't really a guy because of this is really really fucking bad , it has plenty of slut shaming, Zoey has issues with the word shit she says POOPIE ffs yet has no problem calling Aphrodite a slut every five seconds.
View all 11 comments. Jul 25, Nasom rated it did not like it Shelves: fantasy. I can't believe there are 12 books of her as the MC.
This is where I stop with this series - First of all, Zoey is such a hateful person. She thinks she is somehow better than them. Her group of friends are like her and there was no one person amon Full Review Wow, I really hated this book, more specifically, I hated Zoey. Her group of friends are like her and there was no one person amongst them that I actually liked - I know having a special MC is a thing in Ya but this was just ridiculous.
The special snowflake syndrome was real in this. This book actually removed all the good parts of being a vampire the transformation, having fangs, just overall, looking scary. Honestly, these people seemed more like witches with their circles and sayings and less like vampires - the romance was laughable. Why did erik like her?? I honestly thought he was up to something maybe he is in later books because I just couldn't fathom such devotion to someone he didn't really know and wasn't even likeable.
Overall, this book was lame, the vampires were pathetic, the characters were hateful, the MC is unlikeable and i hope she dies at the end Pre-reading For someone who had a vampire-obsessed stage, I can't believe Twilight was the only vampire book I read. I hope to change that with this lol. View all 57 comments. Jul 07, Wildbriar rated it did not like it Recommends it for: Absolutely nobody. Shelves: abandoned , cover-designer-should-be-shot , disliked , wasted-opportunity , waste-of-paper , vampires , reviewed , wary-of-disappointment , characters-to-be-keelhauled , shallow.
To be quite honest, I almost don't know what to say, or how to say it. I read just under half of Marked this morning, then set it gently aside and stared at the wall in a numb silence for a while.
Perhaps, in hindsight, I should have thrown it. Marked is, quite simply, the worst book I have ever read in my entire life. Forget one star, this book has achieved negative stars from me. The horror began with the Acknowledgements. Cast actually thanked her daughter for making sure they sounded li To be quite honest, I almost don't know what to say, or how to say it. Cast actually thanked her daughter for making sure they sounded like teenagers.
She actually thanked — for making sure — excuse me please while I go and die in a corner. I didn't exactly laugh, but the further I got into this book, the more horribly ironic that comment became. I have never heard teenagers speak this way, and with such unrelenting consistency. And all the pathetic pop culture name-dropping! And so the hell never ended, from the Acknowledgements to page , where I gave up. One of the author comments on the back proclaims Marked's hot and funny darkness.
You start to go mad, losing your mind as you bump into walls trying to find where you left your last remaining torch with full batteries. It's about as funny as stubbing your toes on the corner of a shelf, several times in a row. That is what it was like reading Marked, painfully navigating my way through it trying to find a plot, character development, tension, excitement, drama, hell anything! The characters, I loathed the characters!
Caricatures, the lot of them, and I hated them all, right down to the very last one. I am not going to go into all the tiny details that made me want to kill somebody, but I can at least say that I have finally found a protagonist that I hate more than Nora Grey and Bella Swan. There is nothing in Zoey's head, nothing, except for rotting goo and the odd dead centipede. I could hear my brain cells screaming in protest as they were forced, time and time again, to read each heinous sentence, each word of gut-wrenchingly awful dialogue.
Never in a million years did I think I would advocate World Book Burning Day, but if we had one Marked should be the first to go up in smoke; off to Tree Heaven, free at last from being bound in this absolute travesty of a book. Mar 25, Penny rated it it was ok Shelves: wish-i-could-unread , witchy-woman , reviewed-books , zombies-aliens-vampires-dinos. I know, I can't believe I read this book either. What's worse? I've read all of them--the six that have been published.
Because I'm a moron, that's why. Seriously, this is the worst YA vampire--I mean vampyre--series I've read so far. While there are elements in this series that are interesting, it's nothing special. I mean, vampyres that control the elements? Come on!
Richelle Mead already did that, just much, much, much better. Much better. Why not just write a book about witches? Becaus I know, I can't believe I read this book either. Because these vampyres aren't all that vampyre-y, especially the further you get in the series. Sure they drink blood, but they do magic--drawing circles, calling the elements--more often then not.
And the slang used? Makes me cringe. It's so lame and forced. And--just stupid. I haven't read any of P. Cast's other books--the books she wrote by herself. But I've read a short story written by Kristen Cast.
I'm just sayin'. View all 12 comments. Oct 23, Shannon rated it really liked it Shelves: , paranormal , vampires , romance , ya. But all this matters for naught when she is Marked by a Vampyre Tracker and must move to the House of Night school in Tulsa, Oklahoma, for four years while her body undergoes the Change into a Vampyre - or rejects it and she dies.
This is a new and original take on the Vampire legends, and mixes in matriarchy and goddess-worship with pleasing effect. Zoey 16 year old Zoey has a crappy home life, an almost-ex-boyfriend who drinks too much, a best friend who's shallow and a geometry test tomorrow. Zoey becomes marked in a special way - the Goddess Nyx has given her a special responsibility and added gifts; which she'll need, because something's not right at the House of Night, and her own mentor and High Priestess may not be the gentle, caring mother-figure she makes herself out to be.
What I especially liked about this book was how it handles issues relevant to teenagers. Yes it discusses topics like drinking, drugs, anorexia, sex, homosexuality, bullying etc. Zoey is a wonderful role model with a sensible head on her shoulders who looks beyond the surface to what really makes people behave how they do. Also, to be perfectly clear on this point, despite what you might have read, there is no sex in this book, or the sequel and even if there was, I think it would be handled very maturely.
There is some slutty behaviour from one of the characters, but this is hardly glorified. In fact, it's only the language of the teenaged characters themselves that stops this book from being too moralising. The slang etc.
It's also dark, funny, and the inclusion of rituals invoking the five elements of air, water, fire, earth and spirit add a new, beautiful element that I really liked. I honestly think this book and the ones that follow can only have a good impression on teenagers. Don't be afraid to put it on your library's shelves. In fact, my biggest problem with this book was the rather excessive product placement going on.
It's unnecessary and grotesque. Otherwise, Marked is highly enjoyable! Feb 16, Miranda rated it did not like it. This probably one of the worst books I have ever read It was horrible. The writing was stupid. If you like to read a grown woman try to talk like a teenager then this is for you.. I hated it. I mean I felt stupid after reading some of this. They compared people to Paris Hilton, and Ashton Kutcher, they brought oral sex into and they didn't just briefly talk about it they made it stretch out over a couple of chapters.
M This probably one of the worst books I have ever read My daughter will not read these books. Heck I don't even think adults would want to read this.. If you want a good series read Twilight or Blue Bloods series.
View all 20 comments. Jan 10, Savina M. It reminds me of that horrible Harry Potter fanfiction My Immortal. They're basically the same, except Marked has much better spelling. Well, hell. I finished Marked. Marked is not the worst book I have ever read. Halo still tops that list. But, damn, I haven't rolled my eyes so much since After Zoey Redbird was mysteriously marked, she goes to a fucking boarding school for vampyres. She meets a slutty ho, Aphrodite, and decides she hates her.
She, her cardboard-cutout friends, and her insta-love for Erik will work together to defeat Aphrodite by deus ex machina, and praying. This is what the whole fucking book is about. It's fine if there's not much of a plot of it's meant to be character-driven.
Sadly, I can tell that Marked was supposed to be more plot-driven. World building I don't see many other reviewers addressing this problem, but the world building fucking drove me crazy. From the blurb: The House of Night series is set in a world very much like our own, except in year-old Zoey Redbird's world, vampyres have always existed.
Sure, why the fuck not? But Marked does such a fucking crappy job on executing it. Fuck, it's even labelled as a fucking fantasy! Why would people know so little about vampires if they existed for so long? Why the fuck would there be only one vampire boarding school? If vampires existed for so long, wouldn't they have gone to war with humans? They're so much more powerful than them, after all.
Why the hell would people discriminate against vampires if "vampyres were attractive and the most successful actors and actresses in the world"? Zoey Redbird She's I don't Fuck, I don't know how to start. Zoey Redbird is a fucking idiot. She has the most idiotic thoughts ever.
If I died, would it get me out of my geometry test tomorrow? Who knew hitting my head and passing out would be so much fun? Hee hee, Mom was mad at her, too.
Speaking of boobs—I was totally sounding like one. Hee hee I could call my clinic Vamp Vets, and the ads would read:"We'll take your blood for free! What exactly are that? Maybe she'd taken a shower this morning and melted when the water touched her—hee hee. She thinks about the most obvious things. Lit class was an experience. Everything you experience is an experience. The hour definitely seemed to take an hour No shit, Sherlock.
Cast and Kristen Cast congratulate each other for sounding like teenagers. I have no fucking idea why they do. Kristen Cast was in college when she co-wrote this, for fuck's sake! Did she not experience being a teenager?
Because I can assure you, no teenager speaks like that. Mary Sue Zoey Redbird is definitely the most annoying protagonist ever. Apart from her stupid thoughts, she is also a Mary Sue, and a fucking Spesul Snowflake. Did you know Zoey can control all the five elements? Zoey can control the five elements. She's very special. She's got a colored-in mark. She doesn't think she's special, but oh, she is! She got touched by the goddess, Nyx! Nyx likes Zoey very much. Yes, Zoey is very special. Zoey can control all the five elements.
She's pretty, did you know that? She's very beautiful. She caught the eye of Erik, the hottest guy in school. Also, she has the affinity for all five elements. It has never happened before, not even in High Priestesses!
She's very, very special. Animals also like her. That is how the entire fucking pages went. The idiots Casts never skip an opportunity to remind us how fucking special Zoey is. She can control the elements. Big fucking deal. Judging you Zoey judges every fucking person she meets. She calls people "ho"s, "loser"s or "slug"s.
She calls her brother troll-like, and her sister a slut. She calls religious women fat, and religious men pedophiles. She calls anorexic girls freak-like. Anyone who is called "Aphrodite" is automatically slutty. Unattractive people are losers.
Wanna hear my theory about how my generation could single-handedly wipe out slugs and loser kids from America? This fucking quote. I can't even. This is why so many kids commit suicide.
They are judged by people like Zoey. They could be clever, they could have talent, and yet you just label them as "loser".
Just fucking no. You're neither a slut nor a loser, you say? Well, pick one because in Zoey's eyes, you are either one of them. But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience.
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